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Rate Instruction No 51 of 2002
Government
of India
Ministry of Railways
Railway Board
| No.TC-I/2000/201/4 |
New Delhi, dated .8.2002 |
The General Managers (Comml)/OSDs,
All Zonal Railways
Sub: Stacking charges- Revision thereof.
Board vide letter No.TC-I/91/201/7 dt.
22.3.1995 had specified that charges being levied for detention of outward
consignments in railway premises beyond the permissible free time would be
termed as "stacking charges" which would be at the same rates as were being levied as wharfage charges and
the free time will continue to be reckoned as is being done in respect of
outward consignments.
2. Further Board, vide their letter No.TC-I/97/201/10 dt. 16.11.2000
have revised the rates of wharfage charges being leviable on inward
consignments not removed from the Railway premises after completion of
free time.
3. In view of revision of rates of wharfage charges, the need for
concurrent revision in rates of stacking charges has been under
consideration. The sanction of the Central Government is accorded to the
rates of stacking charges leviable after completion of free time for Group
I,II & III stations/ Goods sheds/ Railway sidings being revised from
31.8.2002( Thirty first August Two Thousand Two) as indicated in the
schedule at Annexure-I.
3.1 The term "First day" referred to in the Annexure-I is
defined as the day on which free time allowed for stacking the goods
completes. Subsequent days like 2nd day, 3rd day
etc., will be counted in reference to this day.
3.2 Rates of stacking charges given in the annexure-I will be uniformly
applicable to goods of all descriptions e.g. bulk, non bulk, loose or
bagged consignments.
4. This issues with the concurrence of the Finance Directorate in the
Ministry of Railways.
(Shiv
Dan Singh)
Director Traffic Comml. (Rates)
Railway Board
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Rate Instruction No 52 of 2002
Government
of India
Ministry of Railways
Railway Board
| No.97/TC-I/224/1
Pt.I.(Vol.II) |
New Delhi, dated 14.8.2002 |
The General Managers (Comml)
The General Manager (Optg.),
N.F. Railway,
Maligaon, Guwahati.
Sub:
Transportation of confiscated
timber
from Lumding Railway Station.
Attention of the railway is drawn to Special Investigation Team (SIT)'s
letter No 8-15/NEC/2002/Pt.IX. dated 23.7.2002 addressed to all concerned, including your Railway on the above subject for compliance.
Regarding para (ii) of this letter, it is to clarify that the general
guidelines relating to indent of railway wagons, procedure for loading
minimum quantity of timber, registration of transporter etc. issued
under Board's letter of even number dated 31.5.2000 (Rates Instructions
No. 46/2000) need not be followed in this instant case as the entire
timber stands confiscated to SIT. However, the charging of freight will
be as per extant MWC (minimum weight condition) rules notified for the
commodity.
Regarding
para no.(vi) of SIT's letter
referred above, it is also to clarify that extant rules relating to
charging of demurrage/ wharfage would apply in this case.
Loading
of 39 wagons for transportation of confiscated timber is permitted from
Lumding Railway Station as one time exception during the quarter
June-August,2002 subject to the stipulation that unutilized wagons shall
not be available for transportation of any other timber as laid down in
para (i) of this letter.
In terms of the orders in
para(x) of the SIT letter commencement of the loading shall be permitted
only after the 'No Dues Certificate' is issued to the purchaser by SIT.
(Shiv
Dan Singh)
Director Traffic Comml. (Rates)
Railway Board |
Rate Instruction No. 53 of 2002
Government
of India
Ministry of Railways
Railway Board
| No.TCR/1017/2000/11 |
New Delhi, dated
23 .8.2002 |
The
General Managers(Com
Sub:- Running of Mini Rake- Rules procedure thereof.
Ref: Board’s letter No. TCR/1017/2000/11 dated 12.8.2002.
In
view of the relaxation given in distance applicable for Mini Rake Scheme from
300 Kms to 500 Kms vide Board’s letter of even number dated 12.8.2002, the
matter has been examined afresh and it has been decided that the para 1 of the
Joint Procedure Order issued vide Board’s letter No. 2001/M(N)/951/45 dated
11/18-12-2001 may be modified as under:
“
BPC of the Mini Rake shall remain valid for 2 round trips (upto a lead of 500
Kms only) or 8 days, which ever is earlier provided:
(a) Rake integrity and circuit integrity is maintained.
(b) Rake is not kept stabled for more than 24 hrs.”
2. All other conditions
stipulated in Board’s letters under reference will remain unchanged.
3. As already advised,
these instructions will come into force with effect from 12.8.2002 and will
remain valid upto 30.9.2002.
4. The
earlier instruction dated 12.8.2002 and this instruction is issued in
consultation with the Traffic Transportation, Finance and Mechanical
Directorates in the Ministry of Railways.
5. All concerned may be
advised accordingly.
(Shiv
Dan Singh)
Director, Traffic Comml. (Rates)
Railway Board.
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Rate
Instruction No.54 of 2002
Government
of India
Ministry of Railways
Railway Board
| No. TCR/1394/83/6 Pt |
New
Delhi, dated 04.09.2002
|
The
General Managers (Comml.),
Eastern
Railway, Kolkata.
South
Eastern Railway, Kolkata.
Central
Railway, Mumbai.
Sub:
Tareweighment of empty wagons supplied to steel plants for loading
of
Iron and Steel consignments, Silica
Manganese and Ferro
Manganese
consignments
Ref:
(i) Board’s letter of even number dated 27.7.2001.
(ii)
Board’s letter No. TCR/1394/96/13 dated 10.7.2000.
Vide Board’s letters
quoted above, permission was given to Steel plants to weigh the tare of empty
wagons supplied to them for loading of Iron and Steel consignments up to
20.7.2002 and for loading of Silica Manganese/ Ferro Manganese consignments upto
26.8.2002. It has now been decided
to extend the validity of the permission for a further period beyond 20.7.2002
and 26.8.2002, which will be valid
upto 26.8.2003 unless revised earlier, subject to the fulfillment of following
terms and conditions:
i) No extra free time will be allowed for conducting such
weighment.
ii) The empty wagons should be weighed in presence of Railway staff and the
actual tareweighment of wagons found on weighment should be recorded and
countersigned by Railway Staff; and
iii) The actual tareweight recorded on weighment and the painted tareweight
should be specified in both the Railway Receipt and the Weighbridge Register.
2.
The payload of such tareweighed wagons shall be worked out by subtracting
the actual tareweight of wagons from the actual weight of loaded wagons.
If it is not possible to weigh the loaded wagons for any reason, the pay
load shall be worked out by:
(a) adding the difference between the actual tareweight and the marked
tareweight to the marked carrying capacity if the actual tareweight is less than
the marked tareweight and
(b) subtracting the difference between actual tareweight and the marked
tareweight from the marked carrying capacity, if the actual tareweight is more
than the marked tareweight.
3. Concerned
Zonal Railways should submit half yearly appreciation reports on the working of
the scheme indicating inter alia whether there is any difficulty in
implementation, the total number of wagons tareweighed giving wagon-wise details
of painted tare weight, actual tareweight, the difference, if any etc. The reports for the period August 2002 to January 2003 may be sent to
this office by March 2003.
4. In case continuance
of tareweighment is considered necessary beyond 26.8.2003, then the submission
of full data in support of the proposal need to be furnished well before the
expiry of extended period.
5.
This issues in consultation with Traffic Transportation, Mechanical and
Finance Directorate in the Ministry of Railways.
6.
Issue necessary instruction to all concerned.
(Shiv
Dan Singh)
Director, Traffic Comml. (Rates)
Railway Board.
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Rate
Instruction No. 57
of 2002
Government
of India
Ministry of Railways
Railway Board
| No.TCR/1394/2001/13 |
New
Delhi, dated 13 .9.2002 |
The
General Managers(Comml.)
All Indian Railways.
Sub:
General classification of goods- Chapter VII Rule No.701(6)(i)-
minimum weight condition for charging of freight.
Ref: Board’s
letter of even number dated 18.10.2001.
Board’s decision was communicated to Zonal Railways vide Board’s
letter under reference (copy enclosed for ready reference).
Some Zonal Railways have complained that the instruction issued by Board
in this regard is not clear enough and may lead to confusion.
In
view of the apprehension expressed by the zonal railways, it has been decided to
modify the second sentence of the Rule 701(6) (i) of IRCA Goods Tariff No.41,
Pt.I Vol.I on the basis of our instruction of even number dated 18.10.2001 as
under:-
“ However, in respect of commodities for which minimum
weight condition prescribed in this Tariff is 180 quintals and below per
4-wheeled B.G.wagon, the minimum weight for charge when loaded in BCX, BCN, BCNA
wagons should be twice that prescribed for a 4-wheeled wagon.”
(Shiv
Dan Singh)
Director, Traffic Comml (Rates)
Railway Board |
Rate
Instruction No. 55 of 2002
Government
of India
Ministry of Railways
Railway Board
| No.
TCR/1022/98/2 |
New Delhi, dated 06 .09.2002
|
The
General Managers (Comml.),
All
Indian Railways
Sub:- Booking of clubbed
consignments in a wagon.
Ref:- Board’s instruction
No.TCR/1022/98/2 dated 22.3.2002
(Rate
Instruction No. 16 of 2002)
.
Vide Board’s above referred instructions, sanction of Central
Government was communicated to Zonal Railway that for each 4-wheeled, 6-wheeled
and 8-wheeled wagons, a maximum of two, four and six Railway Receipts
respectively can be issued. It
was also stipulated therein that in all cases where more than one invoice/RR is
issued at the request of the consignor, an additional Rs.100/- be charged from
the consignor for each additional invoice/RR issued. These instructions were
valid upto 16.8.2002.
2.
The matter has been further examined.
3.
Sanction of Central Government is hereby accorded to extend the validity
of above-referred instructions for a further period of one-year w.e.f.
17.8.2002.
2. Zonal Railways are requested to closely monitor the implementation of the
scheme and furnish details of the commodities for which the scheme has been
used. Year-wise and commodity-wise
details of loading and earning for various commodities for which the scheme has
been made use of by the rail users since 25.1.2000, when the facility of issuing
multiple RRs was initiated, should be furnished by 16.6.2003 positively to
enable the Board to further examine the matter.
3. This issues with the concurrence of the Finance Directorate in the
Ministry of Railways.
6.
Issue necessary instruction to all concerned.
(Shiv
Dan Singh)
Director, Traffic Comml. (Rates)
Railway Board.
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Rate
Instruction No. 59 of 2002
Government
of India
Ministry of Railways
Railway Board
THE GENERAL MANAGERS (COMML.)
| S.E.RAILWAY, KOLKATA. |
SOUTH CENTRAL RAILWAY,
SECUNDERABAD. |
SOUTHERN RAILWAY,
CHENNAI. |
EASTERN RAILWAY, KOLKATA. |
| CENTRAL RAILWAY, MUMBAI. |
NORTHERN RAILWAY, NEW
DELHI. |
NORTHEAST FRONTIER
RAILWAY, GUWAHATI |
NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY,
GORAKHPUR. |
| WESTERN RAILWAY, MUMBAI. |
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No.TCR/1644/96/2(.) IN CONTINUATION OF BOARD’S TELEMAX OF EVEN NUMBER DATED
11.04.2002 (RATE INSTRUCTION NO.24 OF 2002) REGARDING REBATE IN FREIGHT
FOR MOVEMENT OF LPG IN JOINTLY OWNED TANK WAGONS(.) BOARD HAVE DECIDED TO ALLOW A REBATE OF 4.1% (FOUR DECIMAL ONE
PERCENT) IN THE CASE OF TRAINLOAD MOVEMENTS AND 3.3% (THREE DECIMAL THREE
PERCENT) IN CASE OF WAGONLOAD MOVEMENT IN FREIGHT APPLICABLE FOR LIQUIFIED
PETROLEUM GAS WHEN MOVED IN JOINTLY OWNED WAGONS BY THE OIL INDUSTRY AND
THE RAILWAYS(.) THIS FREIGHT
REBATE WILL BE ADMISSIBLE ON THE FREIGHT RATES PREVALENT AT THE TIME OF
BOOKING AND WILL BE GRANTED AT THE TIME OF BOOKING ITSELF AS PER BOARD’S
LETTER NO. TCR/1644/83/4 DATED 7.12.1983 AND SUBJECT TO CONDITION THAT
PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE WAGONS SHALL BE DONE BY THE OWNER OF THE
WAGON AS PER BOARD’S WIRELESS NO.TCR/1644/96/4 DATED 20.3.1998(.) THIS REBATE WILL NOT BE ALLOWED IF THE OIL COMPANIES DEFAULT IN
PAYING THE MAINTENANCE CHARGES FOR THE UNDERFRAME TO THE RAILWAYS(.) THIS WILL TAKE EFFECT FROM 01.10.2002 REPEAT FIRST OCTOBER TWO
THOUSAND TWO AND WILL REMAIN IN FORCE UPTO 31.07.2003 REPEAT THIRTY FIRST
JULY TWO THOUSAND THREE(.) THIS
ISSUES WITH THE CONCURRENCE OF THE FINANCE DIRECTORATE IN THE MINISTRY OF
RAILWAYS(.) INSTRUCTION BE ISSUED TO ALL CONCERNED AND ACKNOWLEDGE
RECEIPT(.) RAILWAYS(.)
(Shiv
Dan Singh)
Director, Traffic Comml. (Rates)
Railway Board. |
Rate
Instruction No. 60 of 2002
Government
of India
Ministry of Railways
Railway Board
| No. TCR/1644/96/2A |
New
Delhi, dated 18.9.2002 |
The General Manager (Comml.),
The General Manager (Operating)
South Eastern Railway,
Kolkata.
Sub:- Rebate in freight for traffic to be transported in wagons owned by
the National Aluminium Company Ltd., Bhubaneswar.
In
continuation of Board’s letter No.TCR/1644/96/2A dated 11.04.2002 (Rate
Instruction No.22 of 2002) it has been decided that rebate in freight for
traffic in Coal, Caustic Soda and Alumina to be transported in wagons
owned by M/s National Aluminium Company Ltd., Bhubaneswar, will be as
under with effect from 01.10.2002.
Commodity
|
Station
from
|
Station
to
|
Percentage
of freight to be given as rebate on traffic booked in
|
Wagonload
|
Trainload
|
| Coal
|
Balpahar
Talcher
|
Koraput
Budhapank
|
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--
|
12.5
12.5
|
| Caustic
Soda
|
Vizag Port
|
NALCO’s exchange
Yard at Damanjodi (NLOD)
|
11.4
|
12.2
|
| Alumina
|
NALCO’s exchange
Yard at Damanjodi (NLOD)
--do --
|
Vizag Port
Budhapank
|
10.7
10.7
|
11.4
11.4
|
The
percentage rebate as indicated above would remain in force upto
31.07.2003.
It
may be ensured that before the rebate in freight indicated above is
notified, necessary agreement for the transport of traffic in privately
owned wagons is entered into by the party with the Railways.
This issues with the concurrence of the Finance Directorate in the
Ministry of Railways.
(Shiv
Dan Singh)
Director, Traffic Comml. (Rates)
Railway Board. |
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